The Championship season starts in just over six weeks and already supporters are excited about Aston Villa's new adventures.

Fans are eagerly-anticipating derbies with bitter rivals Blues, but they are also relishing the less familiar .

The chance to visit different grounds and enjoy new away-day experiences is a real source of excitement for the claret and blue faithful.

Most of the 19 grounds Villa will visit will provide a welcome break from the predictability of the Premier League, but here are five stadiums that fans will be particularly keen to tick off their lists.

So what are the venues Villa haven’t played at in recent times - or ever - in a competitive fixture?

Sinclair to Celtic?

Scott Sinclair is reportedly the subject of a £2m bid from Brendan Rodgers at Celtic.

That's the view of The Scottish Sun who claim that contact has been made and Rogers wants Sinclair as a priority for the new season.

Rodgers has previously worked with Sinclair at Swansea and Chelsea.

New manager Roberto Di Matteo

First of many

Roberto Di Matteo is working day and night to land new transfer targets this summer as his Aston Villa revival gathers momentum.

Di Matteo boss signed central defender Tommy Elphick from Bournemouth for £3million this week and is still hoping to land a new goalkeeper, full-back, creative midfielder, winger and at least one striker as part of his recruitment drive.

He recognises that relegated Villa are in need of fresh faces, but is also looking forward to seeing the existing players return to training next week.

Aston Villa confirm the departures of coaching staff

Aston Villa have this afternoon confirmed that Eric Black and Tony Parks have left the club.

Black, formerly of Blues and Sunderland, joined Remi Garde's back-room contingent back in January and consequently filled the void when the Frenchman departed the club in March, taking charge of seven matches, losing six.